Communications Lead Consultant

Communications Lead Consultant

Rate: $55–$60/hr | W2 Employment | 6-month contract with strong possibility of extension

Del Oro Consulting, a national consulting solutions provider with over 20 years of experience supporting global technology leaders, is seeking a Communications Lead Consultant to support our enterprise technology client. This role requires a strategic communications leader with a strong, confident voice who can set the narrative, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and guide messaging at the program level while remaining hands-on in developing assets.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall communications strategy for the program, shaping the narrative and establishing a clear, consistent message across teams.
• Serve as the primary voice behind program messaging, ensuring communications are aligned, compelling, and easy to understand.
• Develop messaging frameworks, communications plans, executive-ready narratives, stakeholder maps, and structured content toolkits.
• Create and refine assets such as pitch decks, program overviews, field-facing enablement materials, and branded collateral.
• Partner closely with Sales, Product, Change, and Learning teams to drive alignment and influence decisions around communication timing, channels, and storytelling.
• Confidently navigate strong personalities and competing priorities, maintaining clarity and ensuring the program’s message stays intact.
• Connect the dots across workstreams and provide leadership with a cohesive, integrated view of the broader campaign.
• Apply brand guidelines and collaborate with design resources to ensure materials are polished, cohesive, and high quality.
• Support video-related messaging needs (e.g., hype VOD content), helping shape key points and narrative direction.
• Operate independently, bringing structure to ambiguity and proactively advancing work without heavy oversight.

Qualifications

• Min 5-7 years in communications, product marketing, sales enablement, or program communications.
• Proven experience as a strategic communicator who can both set the direction and execute deliverables.
• Strong writer and storyteller with a confident communication style and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience working with Sales, Product, or similarly complex environments with strong personalities and competing priorities.
• Skilled at managing multiple stakeholders, aligning viewpoints, and handling friction or pushback professionally.
• Highly organized with experience building and maintaining communications calendars, matrices, trackers, and structured plans.
• Familiarity with branding, asset packaging, and collaborating with design teams.
• Experience supporting messaging for short promotional or momentum-building videos.

Position Details

• $55–$60/hour | W2 Contract | 6-month contract with strong possibility of extension
• Remote
• Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401(k) with company match
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States
• Not a C2C opportunity